[NEohioPAL]Take Action: Write/Call WFNY, CBS Radio to demand the firing of DJs JV and Elvis

Tue Apr 24 11:21:07 PDT 2007

i say to write and call and say you support free speech and not to fire jv 
and elvis.

now i love you to death johnny but did you write to comedy central to fire 
dave chappelle or carlos mancea when they make fun of other races????

of corse not.....believe it or not johnny, but you do not have the right to 
not be offended.

so where does it end? no one can make any jokes about anyone ever again????

>From: "Johnny K. Wu" <johnny at mdifilm.com>
>To: <ocagc at yahoogroups.com>
>CC: <OCAGCboard at yahoogroups.com>, <neohiopal at lists.fredsternfeld.com>
>Subject: [NEohioPAL]Take Action: Write/Call WFNY, CBS Radio to demand the 
>firing of DJs JV and Elvis
>Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:11:08 -0400
>
>Take action and insist that DJs JV and Elvis and their producer(s) be
>fired! Radio station and CBS contacts and sample letter below.
>
>These DJs and their producers are responsible for the offensive radio
>segment aired on WFNY 92.3 FM (New York City) on 5 April 2007, and
>re-aired on 19 April 2007.
>
>The segment features a prank call made by station DJs JV and Elvis to
>a Chinese restaurant in which they make numerous comments that demean
>Asian Pacific Americans, women, and the gay community. During the
>six-minute segment, the DJs address restaurant employees as "Asian
>lady" and "Chinese man"; make demands for "lots of Asian food, son of
>a bitch"; and ask for "shrimp flied lice" and "some old dung."
>
>The DJs also accost one woman on the phone, saying, "Should I come to
>your restaurant so that I can see you naked. that way I can see your
>hot Asian spicy ass." They tell another restaurant employee, "You are
>a very nice Chinese man. probably can't drive for shit, but who
>cares." The DJs also call one employee "faggy."
>
>Full press release here:
>http://www.ocanatio
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>---
>CONTACTS:
>
>Thomas Chiusano, President and General Manager, WFNY 92.3 Free FM
>tchiusano at 923freefm <mailto:tchiusano%40923freefm.com> .com
>40 W 57th St, Fl 14
>New York, NY 10019-4001
>(212) 314-9231
>
>John Mainelli, Program Director, WFNY, 92.3 Free FM
>john.mainelli@ <mailto:john.mainelli%40cbsradio.com> cbsradio.com
>WFNY-FM
>40 W 57th St, Fl 14
>New York, NY 10019-4001
>(212) 314-9230
>
>Leslie Moonves
>President & CEO
>CBS
>51 West 52nd Street
>New York, NY 10019-6188
>
>Karen Mateo, CBS Vice President of Communications
>1515 Broadway
>New York, NY 10036
>(212) 846-7638
>karen.mateo@ <mailto:karen.mateo%40cbsradio.com> cbsradio.com
>---
>
>LETTER TO WFNY GENERAL MANAGER FROM OCA-NEW YORK, LONG ISLAND,
>WESTCHESTER/HUDSON VALLEY AND NEW JERSEY
>
>April 22, 2007
>
>Thomas Chiusano
>President and General Manager
>WFNY 92.3Free FM
>40 West 57th Street, 14th Floor
>New York, NY 10019-4001
>
>Dear Mr. Chiusano:
>
>The New York City metropolitan area chapters of the Organization of
>Chinese Americans --New York, New Jersey, Long Island and
>Westchester/Hudson Valley are outraged at a segment aired on The Dog
>House with JV & Elvis that involved a prank call to a Chinese
>restaurant. The prank call was extremely racist, vulgar and sexist.
>To that end, OCA-NY is demanding an immediate on-air apology by JV &
>Elvis, by their producer, by you and an immediate firing of JV & Elvis
>and their producer.
>
>In the segment, the caller begins by telling the first restaurant
>employee, "I would like some Asian food, son of a bitch", as well as
>to the second employee "I would love to have lots of Asian food, son
>of a bitch." He then tells a the restaurant's female employee,
>"Should I come to your restaurant so I can see you naked? " and
>continues, "That way, I can see your hot Asian spicy ass." As the
>caller goes on, he tells yet another employee that he would like to
>some "flied lice," but not "some old dung" and indicates that "I am
>training in Kung Fu, bitch" before ending with "Tell that hot Asian
>girl answering the telephone, I'd like to tap her ass."
>
>What is especially disturbing to the Asian American community is that
>the segment first aired on April 5 - just a day after Don Imus
>referred to the Scarlet Knights, the Rutgers University women's
>basketball team, as "nappy-headed hos." Even more infuriating is that
>after CBS rightly fired Don Imus on April 12, JV & Elvis aired the
>segment AGAIN on April 19. It is apparent that not only did JV &
>Elvis not learn anything from the Don Imus scandal, but CBS and
>CBSRadio decided that Asian Americans are easy prey for racist radio
>broadcast.
>
>Our chapters are founding members of the Coalition Against Hate Media,
>where we were successful in the firing of HOT 97 DJs for the "Tsunami
>Song." that mocked dead victims of this disaster. The airing of your
>segment is not so different from the time "Star" of the "Star and Buc
>Wild" Program on Power 99 threatened an Indian call center operator by
>calling him a "filthy rat eater." Star was suspended due to pressure
>by the Asian American community. The Organization of Chinese Americans
>will not tolerate any media that attempts to stereotype and harm our
>community.
>
>In addition to our above demands, we would like to meet with you and
>your team immediately, along with other Asian American organizations,
>to ensure incidents like this do not happen again. Until this matter
>can be resolved to the satisfaction of the Asian American community,
>we will ask all your advertisers to withdraw their support for your
>station.
>
>Founded in 1973, OCA is a national non-profit, non-partisan
>organization dedicated to advancing the social, political and economic
>well-being of Asian Pacific Americans. With a national headquarters
>in Washington DC and over 80 chapters and affiliates across the
>country, OCA embraces the hopes and aspirations of the nearly 12
>million Americans of Chinese and Asian/Pacific Islander ancestry in
>the United States.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Vicki Shu Smolin
>President, OCA-NY
>
>Florence Chen
>President, OCA-New Jersey
>
>Cc: Leslie Moonves, President and CEO, CBS
>Dan Mason, President and CEO, CBSRadio
>
>Gladys Yan
>President, OCA-Long Island
>
>Jeannette Wang
>President, OCA-Westchester
>

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